Winter Fedora Hat Millinery Class with Karen Morris

Learn the basics of millinery from internationally acclaimed hat designer and milliner Karen Morris.

Students will learn hat shapes and basic techniques and tools for making a felt hat, such as binding the brim edge with both machine and hand sewing and finishing the hat with different trimmings.

Each student will leave with one finished fedora hat and learn essential skills from the millinery arts.

Willmar Country Quilters Guild Quilt Show

Willmar Country Quilters Guild Quilt Show “Stitches in Time”
Featured Quilter: Helen Behrends

Saturday, Sept. 30 from 9am-5pm
Sunday, Oct. 1 from 11am-4pm
at the Willmar Event & Rec Center

Admission is $5
Children 12 & Under are Free
Quilt Raffle Ticket is $1

More than 300 Traditional, Contemporary, Modern & Vintage Quilts, Fabric Art and Needlework!
Daily Door Prizes
Retail Shopping
Demonstrations and Trunk Shows
Community Service Quilts

Wild Angels & Handsome Devils: Women of Rock, Pop & Country

“Wild Angels – The Women of Rock, Pop & Country” features 3 of Minnesota’s most beloved and respected singers – Pamela Helmer McNeill (The Fabulous Armadillos, Rumours and Dreams – A Fleetwood Mac Tribute) , Minnesota Music Hall of Fame recipient Mary Jane Alm (Rumours and Dreams – A Fleetwood Mac Tribute) and Aimée Lee (“Rainy Days and Mondays” Carpenters Tribute) performing hits by some of the greatest Female Artists the music world has ever known.

Veteran's Day USO Show: Featuring Fulda Area Big Band, "Bob Hope" "Marilyn Monroe" & More!

The Fulda Area Big Band has been playing music since 2005. The original membership consisted of musicians from the Fulda area, including alumni and then-current students of the Fulda High School Band. Bob Hope’s life in comedy comes to life once again with Bill Johnson's look-a-like and sound-a-like tribute to the legendary comedian. Bill Johnson has performed his tribute to the late, great Bob Hope across the U.S, and the South Pacific.

Turkey Trot for IRIS

15th Annual Turkey Trot for IRIS - 5K Walk, 5K Run, 10K Run, Tot Trot, & Gobble Wobble held Thanksgiving Morning. Check-in & late registration opens @ 7 am Event time: Trot Trot and Gobble Wobble 8 am, 10K Run 8:30 am, 5K Run 8:40 am, 5K Walk 8:45 am. Early Check-in at the Middle School 11/22/2023 from 4 - 6: 30 pm. Infants Remembered In Silence © (IRIS) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that assists parents who have a child die during pregnancy though early childhood in hospitals and funeral homes.

Symphony on the Prairie

The City of North Mankato and the Mankato Symphony Orchestra are proud to announce the third annual concert at Benson Park: Symphony on the Prairie! Led by MSO’s Music Director Ernesto Estigarribia, this FREE event will run from 6:00-7:30 pm on Saturday, September 9th, 2023 on the north side of Benson Park. Bring a lawn chair or picnic blanket and enjoy popular and toe-tapping tunes in a beautiful outdoor setting. Food and drink will be available for purchase near the parking lot.

SimpleGifts: Music of the Holidays 20th Anniversary Christmas Tour with Billy McLaughlin

As long-time fans will tell you, SimpleGifts makes musical magic by bringing a modern flair to traditional Christmas carols and hymns. Staying close to the heart of Christmas by avoiding commercial and pop holiday repertoire has become the trademark of this award winning six-piece ensemble. SimpleGifts combines violin, Celtic flutes and bagpipes, piano, acoustic guitar and percussion with angelic three part female vocals to create a “modern Old-World” sound.

Peace, Love & Cheese Curds: Comedy with Mary Mack & Friends

A hybrid of Minnesota and Wisconsin (with a severe cheese dependency), comedian Mary Mack is a favorite on radio shows and podcasts around the country including, Marc Maron's WTF Podcast, The Bob and Tom Show, and The Grand Ole Opry. Mary co-stars as Jesse in the Hulu cartoon Solar Opposites by the creators of Rick and Morty. She’s appeared in Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival, HBO’s Andy Kaufman Awards, San Francisco’s Sketchfest, and the Dry Bar comedy series.